Awning.



M. L. BOND.

AWNING. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25,1907.

931,259. PatenteaAug.17,19o9.

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AWNING.

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Patented Aug. 17', 1909.

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M. L. BOND.

AWNING. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1907.

931,259. Patented Aug. 17,1909.

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MORTON L. BOND, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE AWNING CO.,OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORFORATION OF MINNESOTA.

AWNING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17', 1909.

Application filed February 25, 1907. Serial No. 359,046.

To alt whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MoRroN L. BOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe'art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved awning especiallyadapted for application to transom windows or glass store fronts whichhave no exposed vertical posts or framework to which the usual awningsupports may be attached.

To the above ends the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

It is a well known fact that the most modern store fronts or windows aremade up almost entirely of glass, that is, the large plate glass windowscover approximately the'entire exposed outer portion of the store front.In such structures, however, transom windows are usually provided, andthe transom bars and frames are about the only available parts of thebuilding to which the awning supports may be attached.

iitherto, so-ealled disappearing awnings have been provided7 thearrangement being such that the awning and supports therefor move inwardand outward through the transom bars of the store front. For numerousreasons, too obvious to require enumeration, such an arrangement isobjectionable.

liy invention provides what I designate as a collapsible awning, asdistinguished from the said disappearing' type of awnino, and the usualfolding type in which the awning" supporting rod simply moves pivotally.

My improved collapsible awning support comprises supporting rods thatare adapted to fold together and lie closely against the transom bar towhich they are applied, and 50 it further comprises a roller that isalso adapted to be supported from the transom bar and upon which thecanvas of the awning is arranged to be rolled when not in use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, with someparts broken away, showing my improved vcollapsible awning applied to aglass store front of the character above indicated. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the improved device with the anvas of the awning removed.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved awning, some parts beingbroken away. Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3, but illustratingdifferent positions of the parts. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view, withpartsbroken away, showing the means for buckling the eXtension arms ofthe awning support. Fig. G is a detail on an enlarged scale of certainof the parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. -7 is a transverse section taken onthe line x7 m7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a view in front elevation,corresponding to Fig. 2, but illustratingla slightly modifiedconstruction.

Of the parts of the store front, the numeral l indicates the plate glasspanes, the numeral 2 indicates the transom windows, the numeral 3 thefront wall, and the numerals land 5 the frames of the transom windows,the numeral 5 being the heavy transom bars thereof. Axially alinedfguiderods are rigidly secured at their ends in horizontally extendedpositions, to the outer faces of the transom bars 5, and mounted toslide on each thereof is va traveling head or block 7, which ispreferably provided with small wheels 7a that directly engage the upperand lower portions of the said rods 6. As clearly shown in Fig. 7, theseheads flare made up of laterally spaced plates between which the saidrods 6 are passed. A socalled extension rod 8 is pivotally attached toeach sliding head 7, preferably by an eyebolt 9. rllhe free or outerendsof the eXtension rods 8 are connected by and pivotally attached to aridge rod or bar 10.

A long roller l1 extends longitudinally of the transom bar 5 to whichthe 'rods 6 `are attached, and at its ends is journaled in bearingbrackets l2 secured to said transom bar. The awning canvas or cloth 13is attached to the ridge rod l0 and to the roller ll. Attached to theouter end of each eXtension rod S, either directly or through the endportions of the ridge rod l0, are suspending -HALF TO N EAL lTENTRSzcables or ropes 1 4, the other ends of which are attached to and adaptedto be wound upon the end portions of the roller 11. The intermediateportions of these suspending cables 111 are passed over small guidesheaves or tackle blocks 15, supported above the roller 11, preferablyto brackets 1G attached directly to the upper end portions of thetransom frame 4. Each suspending cable 14 constitutes two sides of atriangular awning support, of which the cooperating extension rod 8constitutes the third side, and when the extension rods 8 are extendedas shown in Figs. 1 and 3, serve to hold the ridge rod 10 properlyprojected from the store front and at the proper elevation with theawning canvas or cloth 13 stretched taut. As is evident, when the heads7 are slid outward on the rods 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ridgerod 1() is forced outward, and, on the other hand, when the said blocks7 are slid toward each other on the rods 6, the said ridge rod will be'drawn inward toward the guide rods 6.

As a simple, convenient and efficient device for controlling the saidsliding movements of the head 7 l preferably provide an endlessoperating cable 17 which is arranged to run over a guide sheave 18 onthe left hand portion of the transom bar 5, over a pair of guide .heaves19 on the right hand portion of said transom bar and over a guide 20 onthe lower portion 32L of the wall 3 (see particularly Figs. 1 and Thiscable, as shown, is attached to the heads of the eye'- bolts 9. Theguide sheave 20 is shown as connected to a small bracket 21, on the saidlower wall portion 3a. Directing attention to Fig. 5, it will be notedthat when the operating cable 17 is moved in the direction of the arrowmarked adjacent thereto, the two sliding heads 7 will be simultaneouslymoved inward or toward each other, while when the said cable is moved ina reverse direction, the said head will be moved simultaneously outwardor away from each other. Preferably, when the awning is extended, theextension rods or links 8 at their inner ends, are moved outwardslightly beyond dead centers, so that the inward strain on the saidextension rods would tend to hold them in their set positions.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the roller 11is provided at one end with a sprocket 22 over which runs a dependingsprocket chain 23. The lower portion of this chain 23 runs under a smallsprocket 24 which, as showns is mounted in a case 25 secured to thelower wall section 8a. Also, as shown in Fig. 1, the sprocket 24 isprovided with angular trunnions 25 to which a wrench or lever may beapplied to rotate said sprocket and, hence, to impart motion to thechain 23 and roller 11. However, the said roller may be wound up bypulling directly upon the chain 23, Vand the said chain might be leftloose in its lower portion. Also in this preferred construction, coiledcushioning springs 26 are placed on the guide rods 6 in position by thesliding blocks 7 when the latter' are moved inward thereon such distancethat free inward movement will be imparted to said blocks by a pressurethereon transmitted thereto through the partially folded extension rodsS. rlhese springs 26 will compress so as to permit the extension rods Sto fold approximately into parallel positions with respect to the guiderods G. Furthermore, the said springs 26 assist in imparting initialoutward movements to the sliding heads 7 when the latter are drawnoutward by a movement of the cable 17 in a direction reverse to thatindicated by the arrow marked adjacent thereto in Fig. 5.

Then the awning is to be extended, the arms 8 should be extended asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, which, as valready stated, may be done bypulling the cable 17 in a direction reverse to that indicated by thearrow marked in Fig. 5. Under these movements of the extension rods orlinks 8, the canvas 13 will be unrolled from the roller 11. Of course,if the friction on the roller 11 should interfere with its freeunrolling movement, it may be positively given such movement by pullingthe chain 23 in a direction re verse to that indicated by the arrowmarked adjacent thereto in Fig. 1.

"W hen it is desired to collapse or fold the awning, the blocks 7 shouldbe slid inward by pulling the cable 17 in the direction of the arrowmarked on Fig. 5 and by pulling the chain 23 in the direction of thearrow marked adjacent thereto in Fig. 1, so as to thereby roll up thccanvas 13 on said roller 1l.

The construction illustrated in Fig. S is the same that alreadydescribed, except that the springs 26 on the rods 6 are dispensed withand that a spring actuated roller 11aL is used instead of the roller 11and its actuating sprocket and chain.

In both arrangements, that movement of the roller which winds the canvasor cloth thereon also winds thereon the inner ends of the suspendingcables 14, so that the ridge rod 10 is drawn inward toward the rods 6,approximately on a straight line, when the canvas is wound upon theroller. It also of course follows that the said ridge rod will be movedoutward from the guide rods 6 approximately on a straight line when theawning is being extended or projected into an operative position.

As is evident, the awning above described is adapted for application toa store front having only transom bars available as supports below thetransom windows.

It is also evident that this awning is adaptto be engaged i;

ed for application to any other small or narrow support above or at theupper p0rtions of a glass store front.

It will, of course, be understood that any desired number of theso-called extension rods or links 8, and also any desired number of thesuspending` connections 14 may be provided, depending on the length ofthe awning.

What I claim is:

l. In a collapsible awning, the combination with a roller, a ridge rodand a canvas or flexible cover attached to both thereof, of extensionrods pivotally attached at their outer ends to said ridge rod, means towhich the inner ends of said extension rods are pivoted, horizontalguides permitting said means to slide toward and from each other in adirection longitudinally of said roller, and devices independent of saidcanvas or flexible cover coperating with said extension rods to supportsaid ridge rod in an eX- tended position and for raising and loweringthe same, substantially as described.

2. In a collapsible awning, the combination with a roller, a ridge rodand a canvas or flexible cover connecting the two, of guides extendinglongitudinally of said rollers, extension rods pivotally attached attheir outer ends to said ridge rod and mounted for pivotal and slidingmovements at their inner ends, along said guides, and means in dependentof said canvas or flexible cover# ing coperating with said extensionrods to support said ridge rod in an extended posie tion and for raisingand lowering the same, substantially as described.

3. Ina collapsible awning, the combination with a roller, a ridge rodand a canvas or flexible cover attached to both thereof, of extensionrods pivotally attached to said ridge rods at their outer ends, andmounted for pivotal and sliding movements at their inner ends on guidesextending longitudinally of said roller, and suspending cables connectedto the outer portions of said extension arms, passed over guides locatedabove said roller, and attached to said roller, substantially asdescribed.

ln testimony whereof l alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON L. BOND.

lVitnesses MAME HoEL, F. D. MERCHANT.

